Microsoft Lyle Creek NC is a data center operated by Microsoft in Catawba County, North Carolina, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 80.0 MW and is currently under construction. It sits in the Maiden data-center market on the SERC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 10.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Maiden — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Maiden — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Maiden is a nascent, underdeveloped market with minimal operational footprint and severe structural constraints. The market currently tracks only 5 facilities totaling 0 MW of deployed capacity, indicating either pre-revenue assets or a market still in early site acquisition phases. Operator concentration is extreme: four unnamed operators control the bulk of tracked assets, while Apple maintains a single facility presence. The absence of recent M&A activity reflects both market immaturity and limited deal momentum compared to adjacent North Carolina regions where larger transactions—including WhiteFiber's two-site North Carolina acquisition and the reported $10 billion North Carolina rural data center deal—demonstrate competitive pressure elsewhere in the state. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material weight for institutional investors. The excess-power score of 38/100 signals…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Microsoft Lyle Creek NC in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 68 operating generating units totalling 7,483 MW within about 50 km of Catawba County, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Catawba County tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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